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A LACQUER SUZURIBAKO [WRITING BOX]
EDO PERIOD (18TH-19TH CENTURY)
波図蒔絵硯箱
江戸時代（18-19世紀）
The rectangular box with angled corners and overhanding cover, decorated in gold and silver hiramaki-e,
takamaki-e, togidashi, kinpun and cut gold foil on a black roiro-nuri ground with elegantly formed rockwork amidst
crashing waves beneath a cloudy sky, the design continuing onto the sides, the interior of the cover similarly
decorated on a mura-nashiji ground, the patinated pewter water dropper in the form of waves, the rectangular
slate inkstone with indented corners and fundame rims, inset into the removable base decorated in mura-nashiji
24.5cm. long
£8,000-10,000 $14,000-17,000
€9,900-12,000
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